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Posted by afiggatt on 12/19/05 22:20
J wrote:
> When will, say Star Trek, DVD sets be re-released in high definition
> versions? I'm assuming it will happen, except maybe for TNG, but especially
> for ENT.
>
> For old non-film stuff, effects in TNG for example, what was the original
> storage medium? Was it rendered and/or stored in anything more than NTSC
> resolution.
Depends on the show, what technology they used for special effects and
whether the show was edited on film or video. TV shows from the 1960s
and 70s were mostly shot & edited on 35 mm film. These could be redone
in HD if good quality 35mm masters still exist. See Hogans Heroes and
Charlie's Angels on HDNet for example.
But by the 80s & 90s, a lot of shows were still shot on 35mm (and
still are), but the editing and special effects stuff was done on video.
TO create an HD version, they might have to go back to the original 35mm
film and re-edit it from the 35 mm originals. Expensive to do this. If
the special effects were done on SD video - as I gather TNG was - then
they would have to redo the special effects in HD if they want it to
look good. Even more expensive and unlikely to be done anytime soon
except maybe for the most popular shows.
Nothing to stop them from upconverting some of older shows from video
or a mix of 35 mm & upconverted SD special effects shots and selling
them as HD versions cropped to 16:9. I bet some of the studios will do
just that.
Alan F
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